https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Indian_Political_Intelligence_OfficeIndian Political Intelligence Office - Revision history2026-07-31T02:02:30ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Indian_Political_Intelligence_Office&diff=176232&oldid=prev2405:204:1488:E004:85B0:428:DC39:F56 at 17:13, 31 August 20212021-08-31T17:13:24Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{EngvarB|date=July 2016}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}<br />
The '''Indian Political Intelligence Office''' ('''IPIO''') was an [[intelligence organisation]] initially established in [[England]] in 1909 in response to the dissemination of anarchist and [[Indian revolutionary movement|revolutionary elements]] of Indian nationalism to different countries in Europe after the liquidation of [[India House]] (where it was based between 1905 and 1910) in London in 1909. It formally came to be called the '''Indian Political Intelligence''' ('''IPI''') from 1921.<br />
<br />
By the time [[World War I]] broke out the IPIO, headed by [[John Wallinger]], had been established in mainland Europe. In scale, this office was larger than those operated by the [[British War Office]], approaching the size of the European intelligence network of the [[Secret Service Bureau]]. This network already had agents in [[Switzerland]] against possible German intrigues. After the outbreak of the war, Wallinger, under the cover of an officer of the British General Headquarters, proceeded to France where he operated out of [[Paris]], working with the French Political Police, the [[Sûreté]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Popplewell|1995|p=216}}: "With the outbreak of the First World War the Indian intelligence network set up by Superintendent Wallinger ... within the general structure of British intelligence in Europe ... In scale it was not much smaller than the European intelligence operations of the Secret Service Bureau, let alone those of the War Office. Moreover, John Wallinger already controlled agents operating in Switzerland, which was to become an important centre of German intrigue ... [he] had cultivated friendly relations with the Paris political police, the ''Sūreté''.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
*[http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/14/Regional/14cbcb07.html International Institute for Asian Studies: Indian Political Intelligence Files Released for Research]<br />
*{{Citation<br />
| surname1 = Popplewell <br />
| given1 = Richard J<br />
| year = 1995<br />
| title = Intelligence and Imperial Defence: British Intelligence and the Defence of the Indian Empire 1904-1924.<br />
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=H44J2uDSE2cC&pg=PA216<br />
| publisher = Routledge<br />
| ISBN = 0-7146-4580-X<br />
}}.<br />
<br />
{{Hindu-German Conspiracy}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Indian intelligence agencies]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu–German Conspiracy]]<br />
[[Category:Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]<br />
[[Category:World War I espionage]]<br />
[[Category:Government of British India]]<br />
<br />
<br />
{{World-War-I-stub}}</div>2405:204:1488:E004:85B0:428:DC39:F56